Drop center tire casing mounting machine



' DROP' CENTER TIRE CASING MOUNTINGMACHINE I-VENTOR.

CHARLES M. JosLYN FIGURE 5 May l, A1951 c.. M. JOSLYN 2,550,728.

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ATTCI RN EYE Patented May 1, 1951 OFFICE DROP CENTER TIRE CASING MOUNTINrMACHINE Charles M. J oslyn, Great Falls, Mont.

Application June 20, 1945, Serial No. 600,616

This invention relates to a drop center tire casingmounting machine, andis more particularly concerned with a device that is utilized forinstalling a tire on a rim or wheel.

Considerable diiculty has been heretofore experienced in installing atire on a rim by the use of tire irons and rubber hammers, which tend totear and mar the bead of the tire causing irrep- .arable damage andshortening the life of the tire.

The present invention therefore contemplates the provision of a devicethat can be operationally associatedwith vehicle and auto tires andwheels for expeditiously and conveniently installing a tire on the wheelwith a minimum amount of time andeifort and without'the disastrousresults previously experienced.

One of the objects of the invention therefore is to provide a devicewhich can be constructed of comparatively few and durable parts that arerigidly related when assembled so as to withstand considerable abusewhile being employed` in the capacity for which it was devised.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device that will installtires on airplane wheels as well as vehicle wheels.

Other features and advantages will become `more readily apparent fromthe following de- Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of such embodit yment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

, v Fig.e3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the line 3--3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is the same taken on line 4-4 of Fig. l.'

Fig. 5 'shows principle of operation and how force is applied to tirebead.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View on the lin 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a modication of the device showing the useof a hydraulic jack to operate the same.

Fig. 8 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the upper section of the gear sector andbead grip frame.

Fig. 9a is an end View of Figure 9.

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the bottom section Y o the gear sector andbead grip frame.

Figure 10a is an end view of Figure 10.

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Fig. 11 is a top plan view of the pinion rack.

Figure 11a is a side View of Figure 11 and Figure 11b is an end View ofFigure 11.

Fig. l2 is a side view of an adapter for using large model machine onsmaller rims and wheels.

`Figure 12a isa top plan view of Figure l2.

Fig. 13 is a side View of an anchor hook adapter for wire spoked wheels.y

Figure 13a is a side view of an anchor hook adapted for tractor rims.

Fig. 14 is a side view of an adapter for a bead hold down attachment.

Figure 14a' is a top plan view of Figure 14.

Fig. 15 is a modification of the device showing the gear sector and beadgrip frame cast in one piece and Figure 15a is a sectional view on theline |5a-l5a of Figure 15 and Figure 15b is a top plan View of thepinion rack used in the form shown in Figure 15.

Fig. 16 is another modification of the device showing the use of atubular gear sector and bead grip frame.

Figure 16a is an end view of a tubular or circular pinion rack.

Figure 16h is a top plan view of Figure 16a and Figure 16e is a sideview` of Figure 16a.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings the machine is designatedin its entirety by the numeral 20. The machine in the main comprises agear sector and bead frame 2l having an upper plate section 22 and alower channel section 23 vremovably secured together by bolts and @nuts24.

The upper plate section 22 is provided with extensions or ears 25 forsuitably supporting pivotal means such as a screw-threaded shearpin orshaft 26, the latter rotatably supporting a spur gear sector 21, havinga handle receiving opening 28 therein adapted to receive a handle 29.The pin or shaft 26 being retained in place by a cotter key 30 and acomplementary threaded nut 3|. Y

The spur gear sector 21 is suitably provided with teeth 32 which areadapted for cooperation with teeth 33 of the pinion rack 34 through theopening provided in the upper plate section 22 of the frame 2 I. Byoperating the handle 29 the pinion rack 34, which is slideably retainedin the channel section 23 Vof the frame 2|, can be actuated lengthwiseof the frame 2l.

The teeth 32 are so arranged with respect to the pinion rack 34 that ifthe handle 29 is rotated downwardly into a horizontal position the lasttooth of the gearfsector 21 will clear the teeth 33k of the pinion rack34 whereby the latter is movable independently of the teeth 32 on thegear sector 21.

The pinion rack 34 is provided with a plurality of circular openings 36which are adapted to receive an upwardly extending screw-threaded stemportion 3'I of a wheel or rim anchor hook 38 which is adapted toposition the frame 2| in abutting engagement with a xed portion of 'favehicle wheel. The hook is so shapedfth'att has a forwardly extendingportion 39 which is adapted to t under the flange of the whe'l when themachine 20 is beingoperated. Y

The pinion rack 34 is provided with a plurality of the openings 36 toadapt the machine to tires of various sizes and the hook isretaihediinposition in the openings 35 in thelfrack 34 =by means of anut 4G being threaded on to complementary threads formed on the end ofthe stem -portion 31 and a cotter pin 4I.

vThe upper plate :section :2l ,'has-a handle portion *.42:fdrlnedon-'one endthereof and the handlefportion 42 extends .beyondvthe extremities :of `ethe `vlowerichannel section 23.

.Anaccurate .tire "bead grip'43 is provided .with an extension or ear 44for suitably/'supporting a pivotal'shaft45 formed .integral therewith.The screw-threaded shaft 45 fis adapted lto be :re-

fceived-,inla shaft:conformingopening 4 6 inthe handle portion 42 of the:upper plate sectionZ'l.

VThe shaft 45is'retainedin'place.by a complementary threaded nut 4'I.

Therefore when the zanchor hook 38 is inJc'onta'ctrvv'ithfthe -wheel Wtheb'eadgrip 4311s in 'con- :tact vwith the Abead 'of the'tire Tandoperation backward and forward of the handle 29fwil1-fforce the pinionrack .34 endwise applying pressur'e to .thefbead of the tire by means ofthe grip 43.and `.force the tirebead over the -wheel rim.

By this method the tire will'fbeinstalled on-the .wheel rwithouttheu'seof the -usual tire'irons-and vrubber hammer and without damage 'to:theftire bead or walls of the tire.

4In the modification shown in Fig. 15 themachine 20 includes the frame 2I which is-.cast of ,onerpieceand the .beadgrip 43 is'lformedintegralwith the frame'Z I .In 'Tthe modification .shown .in Fig. 16 theTinachine 2U ,includes-,the frame 2 I which istubu- Vlar .in cross-sectionand the pinion .rack.34"i-Will ibe circular and have va`circumference .smaller zthan the ,inner fcircumference of the tubularIframe-,g2 I

In all instances the machine will operate :the

same. Various modifications of :the anchorjhook V`38-:are shown inetheViews `12lto 14a inclusive.

-In Figs. 12vand 14-.the hooks v38a and :38deare :provided'withrecesses43a and 48d respectively .for-use With cast airplane'Wheels'in'orderthat the adapter maystraddle a4 reinforcing' rib underthe Wheel flange.

Hydraulic and air cylinders andthe like^can1be used to operate thedevice as shown in Figs. 7 and R8. -In zthis instance`theihandle1portion-420 is -bent-atright anglesto formca dependingarm-48 vwhichissecured:to-thebody 49 of a hydraulic 4 anchor hookreceiving member 53. The straight portion 54 of member 53 is formed atright angles to the portion 52 and is provided in the same manner as theend of the rack 34 with openings 360 to receive the rim anchor hook38|). The jack 5U is operated in the usual manner by the handle 55 andhas the usual release valve 5B.

There is thus provided a device which can be 'fused on the big wheels ofairplanes, tractors, and

industrial machinery as well as automobile wheels.

It is to be understood that other means may be :employed 1to=operate thedevice, therefore, it is A:not intended to be limited to the manner foroperating the machine illustrated and described but J'nlyins'ofa'ras thesame is so limited in the appended.claimsforming a part of thisspecification.

"Havingl thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

f1. A device of the character described compris- .ing a. frame, :said-frame having =a longitudinal split upper plate, a lower vchannel memberand means for securing :said members into operative relationship'with'each other, a pressure applying barslidably mounted in said frame,rack teeth on .the upper surface of said bar, transversely spaced-andaligned-.upstanding ears on said upper plate, a sector shaped meanspivotally mounted .between the upstandingears Von the upper :plate on-th-e frame, pinion .teeth Von said sector shaped .means forming anoperating connection'between said pressure vbar and said sector shapedmeans,

`a handle formedonsaid sectorshapedmeans, the

teeth `on -the bar and the teeth on the sector shaped means being soarranged .that when 'the handle is ina horizontal position 'the=teeth1are disengaged `whereby 'the fbar `is slidable independently ofthe sector yshaped meansmeans on 'zthe :outer =end of "said bar.projecting Vfrom the REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the le of this patent:

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